The Overwatch Open Beta will be available May 5–9 on PC, PlayStation® 4, and Xbox One! Players who have pre-purchased or pre-ordered Overwatch by April 29 will be eligible for early access starting May 3.

EARLY ACCESS: The early access portion of the Open Beta will begin on all supported platforms May 2 at 4:00 p.m. PDT (11:00 p.m. UTC). An early access key will be required to play—click here for details.

ALL ACCESS: The all access portion of the Open Beta will begin on all supported platforms May 4 at 4:00 p.m. PDT (11:00 p.m.UTC). All players will be able to play for FREE during this period; no sign-up or code required.

The Open Beta will conclude in all regions for all players on Monday, May 9 at 10:00 a.m. PDT (5:00 p.m. UTC).

3 more days to try the beta if you haven't already. Come try a game or two with us & see what you think! <3I don't think I'd be mistaken in saying that those of us who have, have all been pleasantly surprised by it & found it to be a lot of fun and (imo), quite refreshing for a shooter.

(The client is very small & comes in at under 6GB so no worries about having a huge download just to try it. You also don't need a monster rig to be able to play it either]

"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"Nothing beside remains. Round the decayOf that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,The lone and level sands stretch far away.

I noticed the Play button is lit for me in the BNet app (I downloaded it during the open beta, but did not get around to playing it). I never bought the game either, though it might just be in Starter Edition form or something.

(EDIT)And it looks like it activated a tad too soon (there's a note that it'll be playable at 4PM). I hit the button out of curiosity, and when it loaded, it kept trying to connect and failing.

SSX-Andy wrote:Much more unstable than the beta was. 3 crashes in less than 10 minutes.

That's surprising to hear. I've not experienced a single crash in either the beta or launch build, not 1. Are your drivers up to date? First thing I'd check if you haven't already. Hope it settles down for ya, whatever the cause

"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"Nothing beside remains. Round the decayOf that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,The lone and level sands stretch far away.

Just incase people have missed it Overwatch is having another free weekend that is on right now, currently downloading and getting set to jump in myself. We managed to get a few of us in playing together last time which was good fun so shout our here or in discord if your up for a game sometime.